July 11, 2025 by Mark Tweedie

Raw Sky

In August and September I am one half of the exhibition “Raw Sky”, a collaboration with Coventry artist Clint Hamilton looking at the aesthetic and inspirational aspects of the night sky.

My work straddles the gulf between art and science with high-resolution photographs, lunar sketches and specific scientific references to physical scales and timeframes presented to emphasise the visual aspect of the subject, mixed with poetry. For example, the concertina book on display is made to a scale where the Earth on the front cover and the Moon on the back are printed to scale with each other and the length of the book when extended represents the average distance between the two bodies at the same scale, while the words express the joy and wonder of seeing astronomical objects in close-up detail.

In addition to this there are photogravures of deep sky objects, some of which are viewable in the portfolio section of this website. Photogravure is a modern take on the ancient printing method of etching which uses photosensitive plates and water rather than copper plates and acid to make an etched original which can then be inked and passed through a high-pressure printing press.

The exhibition runs from Tuesday 19th August and Saturday 6th September (Tues - Fri 10am - 5pm, 10am - 4pm Sat) in the Floor One Gallery at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. There will be a reception on Saturday 23rd August from 1.30 - 3.30pm to which all are cordially invited.